Gary Cooper, left, Joan Fontaine, Mary Astor and Donald Crisp, in army uniform, pose backstage at the 1941 Academy Awards presented at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, Ca., Feb. 26, 1942. Cooper won best actor in "Sergeant York"; Fontaine won best actress in "Suspicion"; Astor won best supporting actress in "The Great Lie"; and Crisp won best supporting actor in "How Green Was My Valley."

Gary Cooper, left, Joan Fontaine, Mary Astor and Donald Crisp, in army uniform, pose backstage at the 1941 Academy Awards presented at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, Ca., Feb. 26, 1942. Cooper won best actor in "Sergeant York"; Fontaine won best actress in "Suspicion"; Astor won best supporting actress in "The Great Lie"; and Crisp won best supporting actor in "How Green Was My Valley."

Joan Fontaine and Gary Cooper are shown holding Oscars, February 27, 1942, in Los Angeles, California. Joan Fontaine won Best Actress Award for her role in "Suspicion," and Gary Cooper won Best Actor Award for "Sergeant York."

Joan Fontaine and Gary Cooper are shown holding Oscars, February 27, 1942, in Los Angeles, California. Joan Fontaine won Best Actress Award for her role in "Suspicion," and Gary Cooper won Best Actor Award for "Sergeant York."

Actress Joan Fontaine, in white dress, is escorted by Dr. Benjamin Kean to Truman Capote's Black and White Ball at New York's Plaza Hotel on November 28, 1966. Couple at left is unidentified. Capote set the fashion tone by insisting that his female guests wear black and white. Dr. Kean, a noted parasitologist and pathologist, is world famous for his expertise on infectious diseases.

Actress Joan Fontaine, in white dress, is escorted by Dr. Benjamin Kean to Truman Capote's Black and White Ball at New York's Plaza Hotel on November 28, 1966. Couple at left is unidentified. Capote set the fashion tone by insisting that his female guests wear black and white. Dr. Kean, a noted parasitologist and pathologist, is world famous for his expertise on infectious diseases.

Joan Fontaine at Truman Capote's party with escort, Dr. Benjamin Kean in Nov. 28, 1966 at the Plaza Hotel in New York. They are arriving for Capote's Black and White Ball.

Actress Joan Fontaine with escort George Stevens, arrives on Sept. 25,1962 at the National Theater in Washington for the premiere of the new Irving Berlin Musical, "Mr. President."

Actress Joan Fontaine poses for photographer in April 1985 in Beverly Hills.

Actress Joan Fontaine covers up actor Tony Curtis's face during a break from the filming of Aaron-Spelling Productions' "Users" on May 5, 1978 in Los Angeles.

Film actress Joan Fontaine, born in Tokyo of British parents, took the oath of allegiance to the United States on April 23, 1943 in Los Angeles where she received her final citizenship papers. The screen star was named Hollywood's best actress in 1941 by the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Actress Joan Fontaine prepares a meal for a patient at the Hollywood Hospital as a part of her duties as a nurse's aide for the American Red Cross, shown on July 31, 1943. She took the nurse's aid course in 1942 at the Los Angeles General Hospital.

Actors Tony Curtis and Joan Fontaine smile during a break in the filming of 20th Century Fox's "The Users" April 5, 1978.

Actress Joan Fontaine arrives for the 50th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles on April 3, 1978. Her escort is unidentified.

Joan Fontaine and escort George Oppenheimer at a gala on April 29,1974 at Lincoln Center in New York. Director Alfred Hitchcock was the guest of honor for a showing of his films.

This April 3, 1978 file photo shows actress Joan Fontaine at the 50th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles. The Oscar-winning actres has died at the age of 96. Longtime friend Noel Beutel says she died in her sleep in her Carmel home Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013.

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